Clarke, Edwin Joseph Chatfield

Birth Name Clarke, Edwin Joseph Chatfield
Gender male
Age at Death 25 years, 6 months, 23 days

Narrative

Birth
9292/1891 Clarke, Edwin J C Arthur B & Caroline E. Burwood
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CROIX DU BAC British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France
CLARKE EDWIN JOSEPH CHATFIELD
Australian Lance Sergeant 3059A Australian Infantry A.I.F.24/07/1916 Age: 25 I. A. 3.
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First World War Embarkation Rolls:
Edwin Joseph Chatfield Clarke
Service Number: 3059
Rank: Acting Corporal
Roll title: 20 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 13 Reinforcements (June 1915 - July 1916)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 20 December 1915
Place of embarkation: Sydney
Ship embarked on: HMAT Suevic A29
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Red Cross Wounded and Missing: Edwin Joseph Chatfield Clarke
Service Number: 3059
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
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World War 1 Service
24 Jul 1916: 56th Infantry Battalion, Pozieres / Mouquet Farm,
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3059 Lance Sergeant Clarke, Edwin Joseph Chatfield
Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS)

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1891 Burwood, Sydney, NSW, Australia    
Death 24 July 1916 France    

Cause: Died of wounds, France. WWI

Burial   Croix-du-Bac, Nord-Pas-de-Calais,France    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Clarke, Arthur Bell1868June 1942
Mother Crouch, Caroline Eleanor May187014 November 1936
         Clarke, Edwin Joseph Chatfield 1891 24 July 1916
    Brother     Clarke, Raymond C 1893 1951
    Brother     Clarke, Howard Chatfield 1896 1963
    Sister     Clarke, Marion Ethel 1902 1982
    Sister     Clarke, Jean Bell 1908 1995

Attributes

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